by Macy Johnson
“The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit;
a broken and contrite heart O God, you
will not despise.”
(Psalm 51:17 NIV)
I sat
quietly and read through my weekly Bible Study on the book of Ephesians while
my piano received its annual tuning. The sporadic sounds of notes played repeatedly
were a distraction. Ping! A sudden “crack” reverberated through the house.
by Macy Johnson
“Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to
you.”
(Matthew 7:7 NIV)
I took my
seat at the large table for the quarterly meeting of the Friends of Greene
County Library. I visited with the Vice President and prepared to take minutes
as the new Secretary when a member sat down next to me. I met Kim at a previous
library function many months ago. She laid down a copy of one of my God
Sightings books, pointed to the picture on the back cover, and excitedly
asked, “Is this you?” “Yes,” I replied. “I want to talk with you after the
meeting,” she whispered.
by Macy Johnson
“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s
womb.”
(Psalm 139:13 NIV)
I recently
attended the memorial service for a dear friend. Many years ago Sally and I
sang in the church choir and played handbells together. She passed away on her seventy-fifth
birthday after she fought a long battle with cancer. The same day she was
welcomed into heaven, my daughter celebrated her birthday. Sally ran into the
arms of Jesus while Libby strolled on a sunny beach in the Caribbean with her
husband.
by Macy Johnson
“Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.”
(Psalm 57:5 NIV)
The word glory
appears almost three hundred times in the Bible, forty-four times in the Psalms
alone. It can be defined as the manifested presence and uniqueness of our
Creator God.
by Macy Johnson
“Be
careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’
before
men, to be seen by them.
If
you do, you will have no reward
from
your Father in heaven.”
(Matthew
6:1 NIV)
I recently
read a story about a master craftsman who labored at the site of a new
cathedral. A bystander asked him why he worked with diligence on a piece of
stone that would not be seen. The man replied, “God will see it.”
